Take it simple silly ... for each 10 min interval, if man comes in first 2 min, he'll catch the 1st train, if he comes in next 8 min, he'll catch the 2nd train.
hence for harbor line - (2/10) 0.2 and for main line 0.8. On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 10:37 PM, ravi <rravi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > A man goes to the station every day to catch the first train that comes ?? > => man catches the first train that comes after him > > > On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 10:30 PM, Dave <dave_and_da...@juno.com> wrote: > >> @Ankul: According to the problem statement, the first train is the one >> that arrives at 5:00 a.m. >> >> Dave >> >> On Aug 31, 11:26 pm, Ankuj Gupta <ankuj2...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > I could not get it. What does first train mean here? >> > >> > On Sep 1, 1:08 am, Don <dondod...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > > Assuming that the man arrives at a random time during the 24-hour day, >> > > there are 228 minutes in the day when the next train will be the >> > > harbour line (2 minutes of every 10 for 19 hours). For the other 1212 >> > > minutes the main line will be the next train. Therefore, the >> > > probability of catching the main line train is 0.841666... >> > > Don >> > >> > > On Aug 31, 8:37 am, swetha rahul <swetharahu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > > > In a railway station, there are two trains going. One in the harbour >> line >> > > > and one in the main line, each having a frequency of 10 minutes. The >> main >> > > > line service starts at 5 o'clock and the harbour line starts at >> 5.02A.M. A >> > > > man goes to the station every day to catch the first train that >> comes.What >> > > > is the probability of the man catching the first >> > > > train?- Hide quoted text - >> > >> > - Show quoted text - >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Algorithm Geeks" group. >> To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >> >> > > > -- > -- > Ravi Ramadasu | Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay | > rravi...@gmail.com | +919757074652 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > -- Piyush Agarwal Final Year Undergraduate Department of Computer Engineering Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.
